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Dharamshala Analytics

languages
City (district capitals)/DHQ

1. Hindi : 19,482
2. Tibetan : 8,351
3. English Multilingual Population : 4,905

Number Of Languages spoken by more then 30K Population : 0

Basic Details

City (District Capitals)/DHQ Population :	:	30,764
City(District Capitals)/DHQ Population (Rank)	:	599^th
District Area (km²)	:	5,739
District Area (Rank)	:	168^th
No.of Towns in District	:	263
No. of Villages in District	:	4

What is A.I.? FAQ

Dharamshala Highlights: India City/Districts Comparison

Dharamshala is the 599^th ranked city in population, out of 768 District Capitals (DHQs) of India. It is the capital of Dharamshala District in Himachal Pradesh State. Kangra District is 358^th highest ranked in population & 168^th ranked in area, in India. Please keep the DHQ rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than India Average-

1.
Dharamshala is the 3^rd highest ranked in # of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2021) out of 768 city/districts of India. This indicates that this district is more urbanized and/or has a better-developed educational infrastructure compared to other districts.

2.
The average No of Sub Divisional Hospital of Indian city (district capitals)/districts is 1. Dharamshala is the 3^rd highest ranked city out of 768 city/districts. This indicates that the government has paid more attention to healthcare in this district compared to other districts.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Dharamshala is the 4^th highest ranked in Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011) . This indicates that this district has more decentralized governance as compare to other districts.

4.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India Dharamshala is the 451^st best ranked in Number of IPC Crimes (NO, IPC 2020) . This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

5.
Dharamshala is the 359^th best ranked in Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, IPC 2020) out of 768 City/Districts of India. This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

6.
The Average Number of Murders (NO, IPC 2020) of Indian City(District Capitals)/Districts is 25 . Dharamshala is the 356^th best ranked City out of 768 City/Districts. This indicates a safer district as compared to other districts.

Worse than India Average-

1.
Dharamshala is the 199^th worst ranked in Number of Missing Persons (NO, IPC 2020) out of 768 city/districts of India. This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

2.
The Average Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020) of Indian City (District Capitals)/Districts is Dharamshala is the 333^rd worst ranked City out of 768 City/Districts.This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

3.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Dharamshala is the 372^nd worst ranked in Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020) .This implies lesser effectiveness of law and order in this district compared to other districts.

4.
Out of 768 District Capitals/Districts of India, Dharamshala is the 686^th worst ranked in Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023 .This implies low private sector growth.

5.
Dharamshala is the 675^th highest ranked in State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023 out of 768 City/Districts of India.This indicates that this is not a highly urbanized district and/or not a high GDP top 40 metropolis.

6.
The Average Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023) of Indian City(District Capitals)/Districts is 12. Dharamshala is the 590^th highest ranked City out of 768 City/Districts.This implies that financial activities in this district are less compared to other districts.

Dharamshala City/District Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Dharamshala Nature Highlights

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank Out of 768	City / Districts Data

Dharamshala Culture Highlights

Sr.No	Culture Metrics	Counts	Name
Princely State	Princely State	1	Kangra
Famous Hindu Temples	Famous Hindu Temples	1	Aadi Himani Chamunda
Famous Museum Name	Famous Museum Name	1	Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Cantt	Cantt	1	Kangra
Famous Buddhist Temple Name	Famous Buddhist Temple Name	1	Namgyal Monastery

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Kangra Airport	Gaggal	DHM	6 Km

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	No of Sub Divisional Hospital	1	3^rd	10892
2	No of Total Hospitals	59	13^th	10148
3	No of Primary Health Centers	47	14^th	1852
4	No of Community Health Centers	9	27^th	5792
5	No of District Hospital	1	65^th	2378
6	No of Hospital Beds	1599	123^rd	3531
7	No of Nurses	3390	132^nd	5524

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	No of Doctors	1729	439^th	10116

Negative Metrics:

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2023)	27	45^th	11226
2	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2023)	5863	57^th	9419
3	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	100^th	8248
4	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in "1000", SCB 2023)	1	102^nd	8381
5	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	24082	110^th	1246
6	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	117^th	9384
7	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	121^st	3794
8	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	128^th	5109
9	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	176	141^st	9540
10	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	159^th	4972
11	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	234^th	5070
12	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	234^th	9039
13	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	242^nd	10176
14	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	259^th	6440
15	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	268^th	4274

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023)	8	330^th	7363
2	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	347^th	2421
3	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	447^th	3976
4	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	476^th	1438
5	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q4 2022)	18218	482^nd	10358
6	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	582^nd	9983
7	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2023)	12	590^th	9155
8	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	594^th	3783

Negative Metrics:

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	83^rd	11140

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	225^th	6139
2	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	271^st	5229

Negative Metrics:

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2021)	0	3^rd	6273
2	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2021)	1937	76^th	7303
3	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2020)	28	88^th	5877
4	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2020)	1	153^rd	5566

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2020)	4172	1^st	1555
2	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2020)	344	1^st	2819
3	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	152^nd	8897
4	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2020)	654	240^th	5219
5	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2020)	1087	254^th	1852
6	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2020)	9152	255^th	10381
7	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	261^st	5055
8	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2020)	3877	272^nd	5083
9	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2020)	6137	281^st	7039
10	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2020)	36821	284^th	11253
11	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2020)	719	299^th	9321
12	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2020)	42477	308^th	8151
13	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2020)	5379	315^th	4782
14	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2020)	250	315^th	7927
15	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	49523	316^th	4557
16	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2020)	56	331^st	7366
17	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	334	337^th	10591
18	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2020)	591	338^th	7174
19	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2020)	2447	403^rd	5440
20	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2020)	275	407^th	10271
21	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2020)	6311	452^nd	10984
22	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2020)	1015	452^nd	10716
23	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2020)	4706	484^th	6518
24	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2020)	358	567^th	9187

Negative Metrics:

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	4^th	7970
2	Sanctioned Police Force Number (NO, IPC 2020)	1416	68^th	2224
3	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	162^nd	4859

Negative Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Number of Missing Persons (NO, IPC 2020)	267	199^th	1795
2	Crime/1000 Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020)	1	333^rd	10694
3	Murder/Lakh Pop (Ratio, IPC 2020)	1	372^nd	6639

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Number of Murders (NO, IPC 2020)	25	356^th	5597
2	Number of Cyber Crimes (NO, IPC 2020)	25	359^th	1633
3	Number of IPC Crimes (NO, IPC 2020)	2801	451^st	3574

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI June 2023)	165	6^th	9199
2	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2022)	134	44^th	4836

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in Jan, 2025)	132859	86^th	9941
2	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	187044	280^th	1622
3	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, Dec. 2024)	1065262	371^st	5085
4	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI 2023)	593683	384^th	8220

Negative Metrics:

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	75^th	3348

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	1^st	8343
2	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	156^th	3524
3	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	162^nd	8775
4	Tamil Script	23886	166^th	8182
5	Bengali Script	13153	221^st	2560
6	Kannada Script	23603	223^rd	8279
7	Odia Script	5442	226^th	5512
8	English Multilingual Population	50193	228^th	3708
9	Malayalam Script	6112	243^rd	3202
10	Assamese Script	3229	255^th	4912
11	Gujarati Script	25953	315^th	9948
12	Telugu Script	39429	335^th	2692
13	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	426^th	2692
14	Latin Script (English)	2647	506^th	4512
15	Marathi Script	27903	523^rd	5607
16	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	622^nd	9287

Negative Metrics:

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2020)	596633	273^rd	5988
2	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2020)	221	328^th	1262
3	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	565^th	8631

Negative Metrics:

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	# of Inhabited Villages	777	4^th	2325
2	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	30^th	5337
3	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	124^th	5368
4	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	147^th	4425
5	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	160^th	4988
6	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	196^th	7312
7	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	268^th	6634

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	1^st	9160
2	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	127^th	3913
3	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	255^th	4795
4	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	301^st	9504
5	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	469^th	3210
6	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	478^th	2628

Negative Metrics:

Population: 30,764 | Population Rank: 599^th

Area (KM²): 5,739 | Area Rank: 168^th

Positive Metrics:

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Better than India Average-
1	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	243^rd	4386

Sr.	Fields	India Average	Rank out of 768	City / District Data
Worse than India Average-
1	Central Govt Jobs(Formal),2023	6050	1^st	4307
2	Central PSU Jobs(Formal),2023	1938	1^st	5330
3	Private Jobs(Formal),2023	15104	1^st	10546
4	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	175^th	8275
5	# of Companies,2023	1876	255^th	7485
6	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	446^th	3684
7	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	454^th	7592
8	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	675^th	7792
9	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	686^th	10169

Negative Metrics:

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